Embroidery-ring.



G. P. JAMESON.

EMBROIDERY RING.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 13,1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

I'IINVENTOR Geo. fJilmeisom.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. JAMESON, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE THOMAS P. TAYLOR 00., 0F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

EMBROIDERY-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. J AMESON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidcry-Rings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to embroidery rings, and has for its object to provide an outer ring with an interior felt cushion that not only will aflord a firm grasp on the fabric clamped between the two rings, but will also be resilient and will be retained in place without the use of glue or cement.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claim which concludes this description.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved ringFig. 2 a section at the line a m, of Fig. 1Fig. 3 a detail section on a large scale showing the felt strip in the ring preparatory to the closure of the edges of the ring against the strip, and Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the felt strip secured in position.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

1 is the outer embroidery ring made of sheet metal, and 2 is the felt strip applied to the inside surface of said ring and confined and held in place by crimping the lateral edges 3 of the ring firmly against the lateral edges of said strip.

In making my improved ring, a strip of felt of uniform thickness is placed within the ring so as to form a lining which is held as against lateral displacement by the inwardly turned edges 3 of the ring as shown at Fig. 3; these edges 3 are then crimped firmly down against the edges of the felt strip, and this causes the central portion of said strip throughout its length to bulge and present a crowned appearance as shown at Fig. 4. When the edges 3 are crimped inwardly they are at the same time slightly forced toward each other, the result being that the felt lining will buckle so that its central or crown portion will be substantially concavo-convex the convex surface being on the outside or grasping area of the felt while the concave surface is on the inside of the felt strip which is next to the sheet metal ring. Ihe felt at its central or crown portion is therefore perfectly free and possesses an unrestrained resiliency which will effectually prevent the felt from knitting so closely as to present a hard and slippery surface.

Felt is a very peculiar material, since if it is glued or otherwise united to a surface it will by constant use knit so closely as to become hard and slippery, but in my improvement the central portion of the felt strip throughout its length is perfectly free on both faces and I therefore obtain the maximum benefits of the grasping quality and resiliency of the felt.

At Fig. 2 I have shown by dotted lines the relative position of the inner ring preparatory to forcing the latter within my improved outer ring, and in this connection I would say that it is of course within the scope of my invention, as a mere mechanical variation, to equip the outer surface of the inner ring with a felt facing in precisely the same manner as that heretofore described with respect to the inner surface of the outer ring, and I therefore do not wish to be limited in this particular.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A sheet metal embroidery ring having a concavo-convex felt facing applied around said ring and confined thereto solely at the edges, the concave surface of said facing being clear of the main body of the ring while the convex surface constitutes the outer or grasping surface.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE P. JAMESON.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LoNooEN. 

